Community: Message List - Pod Farm 2.02 not responing to program change intermittantly

Re: Pod Farm 2.02 not responing to program change intermittantly

support@line6.com — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 10:55:42 GMT

Hello all,

I just installed POD Farm 2.5 on my Mac (fresh install, never installed POD Farm ever before), and I have the exact same problem in REAPER. I have my POD HD500 connected to my Mac via MIDI, and can confirm that the MIDI inputs are working correctly, and have been wired in correctly. However, the same problem described above is happening to me too — specifically, POD Farm responds to the first MIDI program change, but all subsequent program change messages via MIDI are ignored.

Has no resolution for this been found in over a year?

Re: Pod Farm 2.02 not responing to program change intermittantly

support@line6.com — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 22:13:21 GMT

Hey Guys it seems to be that there are a lot of cases with the same issue of POD Farm 2 not responding to midi program changes from a footController, I have the same problem that makes it impossible to use it for a live situation, i use instead Amplitube 3, i own The Guitar Rig by NI too, and they both respond to MIDI prgam changes without any failiure, the most disapointing thing for me is that i really like POD farm2 sound, actually is my favorite! but unfortunatelly the Line 6 crew does not care about that,... its a shame because it could be the best guitar pluguin in the world! but still its NOT!

Give a try at Amplitube 3! you wont have any issues with any midi footpedal controller, it doesnt matter the brand of it, it just WORKS! and the sound is quite good too!

Guitar Rig doesnt have that pro sound of POD Farm or Amplitube but it still works!

I really HOPE that Line 6 fix this midi program change issue!

it really would make PF2 the best plugin in the whole world!

by the mean time i have PF2 just sitting in my HardDisk waiting for an update conserning that matter

Re: RE: Pod Farm 2.02 not responing to program change intermittantly

support@line6.com — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 15:44:03 GMT

yes I have similar issues. I have sent my New FBV pedal back to see if its the pedal.

Re: RE: Pod Farm 2.02 not responing to program change intermittantly

support@line6.com — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 01:27:52 GMT

The issue has nothing to do with MIDI learn. This is strictly a real time MIDI control issue. Pod Farm 2.x responds to all control changes all the time. It responds to the first program change after loading, but at some point thereafter stops responding to program change messages. The only way to get it to respond to program changes again is to shut down Pod Farm and restart it. Control changes are always correctly processed by the assigned controllers.

- Cam

Re: RE: Pod Farm 2.02 not responing to program change intermittantly

support@line6.com — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 09:46:34 GMT

ccotrill -sorry to hear that. can you be a bit more specific about the issues . are they related to the Midi learn function still is is the Midi issue something more widespread. I have just bought a new FBV pedal and cant get the Footswitches to make any associations at all in Midi. However the Expression pedal will MIDI Learn anything I ask it to. If you could detail exactly what you are doing it would be helpful. Have you tried to do the programming through a programmer?

Re: RE: Pod Farm 2.02 not responing to program change intermittantly

support@line6.com — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 04:19:08 GMT

It's back... No changes in config - not even a reboot. Just shut down Pod Farm and restarted, first program change took, all those after didn't. Control changes still are processed. Only a single source (the Midisport Uno) is selected on the MIDI tab.

Ideas?

- Cam

Re: RE: Pod Farm 2.02 not responing to program change intermittantly

support@line6.com — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 01:03:58 GMT

Hey Whitie,

I am not using the global gate in this patch, but rather have individual noise gate blocks for each path (I have each set a little differently because they are different amps and gains). However, I think you might be onto something with the A/B issue. There is some indication that this might be happening to me when I have been playing with the A/B settings with my MKII, especially if I try leaving the patch with only channel B selected and I go to a single path preset. I played for a while earlier today and didn't see any issues though - the nature of intermittent problems I suppose.

I will also check my settings for the MIDI preferences and see if I have the same success as ccotrill.

Thanks.

Re: RE: Pod Farm 2.02 not responing to program change intermittantly

support@line6.com — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 23:46:10 GMT

The suggestion of having the UXx checked in the MIDI tab being at the root of the problems appears so far to be spot on. Don't know what the UX2 in this case is doing that would cause the MIDI stream to get horked up, but it would appear it does. As this was an intermittant problem, I won't call it completely cured for a few days yet, but unchecking the UX2 in the MIDI prefs tab and having only the the footpedal selected as the MIDI input source is making things behave at the moment. Thanks for the suggestion!

Now, if some wizard can 'splain WHY this is so, I would be most appreciative.... UX2 doesn't appear capable of sending program changes...

- Cam

Re: RE: Pod Farm 2.02 not responing to program change intermittantly

support@line6.com — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 15:59:37 GMT

I just found a Post from 20/04/10 - 14.01 'Standalone Pod farm 2 Midi Learn Problems' by hwhalen. It suggests that problems can occurr in midi messaging and in Midi learn when more than one Midi transmitting device is connected. It goes on to say that matters were resolved eventually by

Two days ago I was actually using the Midi learn feature.
Yesterday it stopped working. I sent the two images to show what happens when midi learning.
I forgot to mention that the selected control image on the PF2 screen did not move.

Today I unselected all the midi devices and respecified the midi interface to use.
Voila midi learn once again works.

Dont know if this helpful. However i do know that some of my MIDI Learn problems occurred when I also had my UX1 connected and that was checked in the Midi Preferences tab. It could be something I suppose. I am a bit dissqapointed that L6 have known about this issue since then and in the releases of newer versions of Podfarm they still haven't corrected the issue.

Re: RE: Pod Farm 2.02 not responing to program change intermittantly

support@line6.com — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:55:20 GMT

MJ similar issues but you have made me think of something else in respect of your comments about Dual Tone. I am having sound issues in DualTone with PF2.02. i currently have a support ticket looking into this and with issues in relation to PF2.5. Basically the issues I have with DualTone revolve around the Tone B channnel and some glitches I have found around the Global Gate & its interaction with the A/B button. If I select the A/B button to hear Tone B only when the Global gate is on I get a severe break up in the sound which eventually cuases it to crash out. i am believing that the glitches have been in the programme since release of PF2.01 and not got sorted right into 2.51. now I have glitches in the Midi functions and now from your troubles it seems it may have some links again with the Dual Tone possibly the Global gate. Try it without the Gate on and see what happens then let me know.